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• Rubin, C. B.; Saperstein, M. D.; Barbee, D. G.
  Community Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 298 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Landslides; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Storms; Intergovernmental relationships; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Case studies; Runoff; Community planning; Recovery; Local government; Communities; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Surveys; Dam failure; Earthquakes

• Blair, M. L.; Vlasic, T. C.; Cotton, W. R.; Fowler, W.
  When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
  Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protection

• Palm, R. I.; Hodgson, M. E.
  Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, Experience, and Behavior of Homeowners. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1993, 166 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-09-6
  Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Comparative evaluations; Public policy; Disasters; Floods; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Perception; State planning; California; Insurance; Attitudes; Puerto Rico; Public opinion; Human behavior; Local planning; Surveys; Earthquakes

• Schwab, J.; Topping, K. C.; Eadie, C. C.; Deyle, R. E.; Smith, R. A.
  Planning for the Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction.
  January 2003, 352 p.
  Keywords: ; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Floods; Tornadoes; Economic recovery; Risk assessment; Policies; Legal aspects; Hazard mitigation; Case studies; Financial services; Crisis management; Natural disasters; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Wildfire; United States; Earthquakes

• Liepold, M.
  Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6 (Revised Edition).
  July 2002, 330 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-159
  Keywords: ; Education; Geology; Emergency planning; Preparedness; Children; Disasters; Buildings; Schools; Hazards; Meetings; Safety; Teachers; Curriculum; Earthquakes

• Miles, S. B.; Chang, S. E.
  Urban Disaster Recovery: A Framework and Simulation Model.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., July 25, 2003, 126 p.
  Keywords: ; Literature review; Sensitivity analysis; Emergency planning; Computerized simulation; Prototypes; Disasters; Disaster recovery; Urban areas; Socioeconomics; Management; Decision making; Earthquakes

• Darienzo, M.
  Tsunami Sign Placement Guidelines.
  January 2003, 16 p.
  Identifying Number(s): OFR-03-06
  Keywords: Tsunami evacuation sites; Entering/leaving tsunami hazard zones; Evacuation; Tsunami evacuation routes; Emergency planning; California; Oregon; Alaska; Sign location; Hazards; Washington (State); Pacific states; Tsumanis; Guidelines; Consistency; Tsunami hazard zones; Hawaii; Signs

• Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country: Your Handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region.
  January 2005, 36 p.
  Keywords: Public information; Emergency preparedness; California; Citizen information; Emergency planning; San Francisco (California); Earthquakes

• Pantelic, J.; Reinhorn, A.
  Report on the Whittier-Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1987, 34 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0026
  Keywords: Structures; Emergency planning; Damage; Disasters; Disaster relief; Responses; Loads (Forces); Economic factors; Hazards; Safety; Bridge foundations; Foundations; Insurance; Construction; Foreign technology; Buildings; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Mortality; Emergencies; Walls; Ground motion; Disaster planning; Health; Earthquakes

• Aroni, S.; Constantinescu, R.
  Joint U.S.-Romanian Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy. Volume 1. Introduction and Summary.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Council for Science and Technology, Bucharest (Romania)., January 1987, 67 p.
  Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Emergency planning; Risk analysis; Structural design; Buildings; Meetings; Human behavior; Energy conservation; Solar energy; Earthquakes